A European Surprise Investors Can Deal With

Stocks in Europe Are Awakening From Their Slumber

Whisper it, but the third quarter was a good one for European stock markets.

The Stoxx Europe 600 gained 8.9%, while the S&P 500-stock index advanced 4.7%. Of the top 20 best-performing markets in the three months to the end of September, nine are Western European ones, Bank of America Merrill Lynch data show.